Four more meningitis cases found in Florida

Four more Floridians have been diagnosed with meningitis, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 17, the Florida Department of Health confirmed today.

The four new cases include a 53-year-old woman in Escambia County who received treatment at Pain Consultants of West Florida. The three other cases were all women from Marion County. Two of them, ages 69 and 71, were treated at the Florida Pain Clinic while the other, a 73-year-old, was treated at the Marion Pain Management Center.

The meningitis cases stem from three contaminated lots of medicine primarily used for epidural back injections that were released by the New England Compounding Center (NECC) earlier this year.

So far, Florida has suffered three deaths as a result of the outbreak.

NECC's permit to operate as a pharmacy in the state of Florida has been relinquished, according to the Florida Department of Health. The relinquishment, which was obtained by DOH today, is considered a disciplinary action against NECC's permit. The company will cease to operate as a pharmacy in Florida immediately and may never reapply for a pharmacy permit in the state of Florida.

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Four more meningitis cases found in Florida

The Florida Department of Health has confirmed four more cases of meningitis in Florida